Just Brilliant: Try Just Cause 2’s MP Mod This Weekend

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Happily, “MP,” in this case, does in fact stand for multiplayer – not, say, “marching penguins” or “mandible pianos.” Nor is it a mangling of the frankly quite spellable word “map.” At any rate, I’m devastated to find that we haven’t posted about Just Cause 2‘s still-in-development multiplayer mod, so I’m fixing that. Specifically, its beta will be temporarily grappling/parachuting/plane-surfing into your life this weekend. I’ve placed a video below to whet your appetite – though honestly, if the words “Just Cause 2 with hundreds of other people” don’t do it for you, you’re probably… a lost cause. [Puts on sunglasses. Camera pulls back to reveal I’ve been languidly parachuting away from a gigantic explosion the entire time.]

If you’ve taken part in the beta before, the team’s posted patch notes for this weekend’s edition. It kicks off on Saturday at 1 AM PST, which is 8 AM GMT. Unfortunately, however, you can’t preemptively download a client just yet. You can, however, prepare by snagging a legitimate copy of Just Cause 2. The devs explained:

“If there is a public beta currently running, you can find the latest version of JC2-MP on our website. You can only join the server when there is a public beta test going on. If there is a public test running, it will be shown on the website.”

“No, [pirated copies] are not supported and any bugs or crashes caused by them are ignored. When JC2-MP has been released, servers will be able to require a legit copy of the game, which enables banning by Steam ID.”

So that’s the basic rundown. I definitely plan on jumping in, as I – like most sane human beings – completely adore Just Cause 2’s masterful brand of effortless madness. And in my experience, mods make it all even better. So if multiplayer ups my enjoyment anywhere near as much as a two-mile-long grappling hook did, I’m sold. And if we can eventually combine multiplayer and two-mile-long grappling hooks? Well then, shut down the gaming industry folks. That’s it. We’ve done it. We’ve done it all.

How is JC2 on the PC? I spent quite a bit of time with the PS3 version but think I might pick this up for the sake of £2.50 – will I be blown away or will I be wondering why my PC needs ten times the grunt to produce just the same quality?

Had no problem with it on my PC with it kinda maxed out, was pretty smooth. The only problem is that vehicle control cries out for an analog stick, otherwise grappling and moving around as a person are fine with kb + mouse.

Unless they’ve changed the hijacking as well, as of the last couple tests midair hijacking from stunt position has been disabled. You can hijack while on foot if a vehicle is going slow enough (and a few people have found that certain vehicles like tanks with no entry animation can be hijacked any time if you can time the button press correctly) but otherwise you cannot hijack. Well, motorcycles can be hijacked still as well. Found that out in the last public beta and warred with someone over a motorcycle for about 10 minutes, laughing hysterically the whole time.

Jimangi fans might want to catch up with some of his racing antics last time, I even got to race against Jimangi, it was a real highlight to face off against such an Internet celebrity: link to youtube.com

Just CauZ – They must make this happen! I will then surgically install a womb into myself and sneak into their bedrooms, steal a lock of their hair and create a clone that I can extract the *ahem* reproductive DNA from and have their babies, whoever ‘they’ may be.

Sounds good! I’m just not sure it could be as fun as multiplayer on GTA IV. The physics in that game made it much more fun. The vehicles drive better, the euphoria engine makes running people over and falling off things seem terrible in every other game since besides Red Dead Redemption.

So apparently i have had JC2 and forgot about it. (probably an impulse buy during a steam sale) I actually started playing it these last couple weeks and man is it a fun game nothing like parachuting down grappling onto a helicopter throwing the pilot out the setting a crash course for some enemy fort then bailing and laughing manically as i parchute down watching the whole place explode taking potshts at the fleeing bad guys ..then i imagined that with 1000+ people. This multiplayer mod just sounds like pure insanity..i’ll be there.

I had completed up to around 70% of JC2, when I ran into a town that I just could not get 100%. I looked it up online and turns out there’s a bug at this particular town, and after throwing 50 hours into the game up to that point, I just flew into a blind rage and rampaged through the island of Panau for the rest of the day.

Just came back from the trenches and… mind… BLOWN. As crazy as JC2 is by itself, adding 1500 other people is just madness. It’s pure, unadulterated MADNESS. Go to the Mile High Club, I dare you. On top of everyone in the club shooting rocket launchers at each other, you also have the 20 helicopters and jets outside shooting into the club and shooting at each other. You need fast reflexes to even get into the game. Stay in the spawn spot, and off you go to respawn. Piloting a plane is an adventure too. If you want to go the “easy” way and go to a teleport airport, there are griefers everywhere just waiting for you to try to lift off. I tried maybe 10 times before I could lift off on my airliner, and it was already smoking. If you want to have a chance at flying, you’ll need to take the time to go to a more secluded airfield.